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Compliance’’ and adding in its place the 

words ‘‘Office of the Assistant to the 

Secretary of Defense for Privacy, Civil 

Liberties, and Transparency 

(OATSD(PCLT))’’. 

■ 3. Amend § 286.3 by: 

■ a. In paragraph (a): 

■ i. Removing the text ‘‘http://

www.foia.gov/report-makerequest.html’’ 

and adding in its place the text ‘‘https:// 

www.foia.gov.’’ 

■ ii. Removing the words ‘‘Defense 

Security Service’’ and adding in their 

place the words ‘‘Counterintelligence 

and Security Agency’’. 

■ iii. Adding the words ‘‘United States 

Cyber Command,’’ after the words 

‘‘United States Central Command,’’. 

■ iv. Removing the words ‘‘Pacific 

Command’’ and adding in their place 

the words ‘‘Indo-Pacific Command’’. 

■ v. Adding the words ‘‘United States 

Southern Command, United States 

Space Command, and United States 

Space Force,’’ before the words ‘‘United 

States Special Operations Command’’. 

■ b. Revising paragraph (b). 

■ c. In paragraph (c), removing ‘‘32 CFR 

part 310’’ and adding in its place ‘‘32 

CFR 310.3(c) through (e)’’. 

The revision reads as follows: 

§ 286.3 General information. 

* * * * * 

(b) The OSD/Joint Staff FOIA RSC 

also processes FOIA requests for several 

DoD agencies and field activities, as 

well as other DoD organizations. A list 

of these agencies, field activities, and 

DoD organizations is available at https:// 

www.esd.whs.mil/FOID/SubmitRequest/. 

* * * * * 

■ 4. Amend § 286.4 by: 

■ a. In paragraph (a), removing the text 

‘‘http://www.foia.gov/reportmakerequest.html’’ and adding in its 

place the text ‘‘https://www.foia.gov.’’ 

■ b. Revising paragraph (b). 

The revision reads as follows: 

§ 286.4 FOIA Public Liaisons and the 

Office of Government Information Services. 

* * * * * 

(b) Engaging in dispute resolution 

services provided by the Office of 

Government Information Services 

(OGIS). These dispute resolution 

processes are voluntary processes. If a 

DoD Component agrees to participate in 

dispute resolution services provided by 

the OGIS, it will actively engage as a 

partner to the process in an attempt to 

resolve the dispute. 

■ 5. Amend § 286.9 by: 

■ a. Revising paragraph (f)(2). 

■ b. In paragraph (h)(1), removing the 

words ‘‘Directorate for Oversight and 

Compliance’’ and adding in their place 

the acronym ‘‘OATSD(PCLT)’’. 

The revision reads as follows: 

§ 286.9 Responses to requests. 

* * * * * 

(f) * * * 

(2) A brief statement of the reasons for 

the denial, including any FOIA 

exemption applied and a statement 

detailing the application of any 

foreseeable harm in applying FOIA 

exemptions by the DoD Component in 

denying the request; 

* * * * * 

§ 286.11 [Amended] 

■ 6. Amend § 286.11 by: 

■ a. In paragraph (b)(1): 

■ i. Adding the words ‘‘Armed Services 

Board of Contract Appeals,’’ after the 

words ‘‘appellate authority:’’. 

■ ii. Removing the words ‘‘Defense 

Security Service’’ and adding in their 

place the words ‘‘Defense 

Counterintelligence and Security 

Agency’’. 

■ b. In paragraph (b)(2): 

■ i. Removing the words ‘‘Deputy Chief 

Management Officer (DCMO)’’ and 

adding in their place the words 

‘‘Assistant to the Secretary of Defense 

for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and 

Transparency (ATSD(PCLT))’’. 

■ ii. Removing the words ‘‘Armed 

Services of Contract Appeals’’. 

■ iii. Adding the words ‘‘United States 

Cyber Command,’’ after the words 

‘‘United States Central Command,’’. 

■ iv. Removing the words ‘‘Pacific 

Command’’ and adding in their place 

the words ‘‘Indo-Pacific Command’’. 

■ v. Adding the words ‘‘United States 

Southern Command,’’ before the words 

‘‘United States Special Operations 

Command’’. 

■ vi. Adding the words ‘‘United States 

Space Command,’’ before the words 

‘‘United States Strategic Command’’. 

■ vii. Removing the acronym ‘‘DCMO’’ 

and adding in its place the acronym 

‘‘ATSD(PCLT)’’ wherever it appears in 

the last sentence. 

Dated: November 27, 2023. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26392 Filed 12–4–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6001–FR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Parts 100 and 165 

[USCG–2023–0590] 

2023 Quarterly Listings; Safety Zones, 

Security Zones, and Special Local 

Regulations 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notification of expired 

temporary rules issued. 

SUMMARY: This document provides 

notification of substantive rules issued 

by the Coast Guard that were made 

temporarily effective but expired before 

they could be published in the Federal 

Register. This document lists temporary 

safety zones, security zones, and special 

local regulations, all of limited duration 

and for which timely publication in the 

Federal Register was not possible. This 

document also announces notifications 

of enforcement for existing reoccurring 

regulations that we issued but were 

unable to be published before the 

enforcement period ended. 

DATES: This document lists temporary 

Coast Guard rules and notifications of 

enforcement that became effective, 

primarily between April 2023 and June 

2023, and expired before they could be 

published in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Temporary rules listed in 

this document may be viewed online, 

under their respective docket numbers, 

using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions on this document contact 

Yeoman First Class Glenn Grayer, Office 

of Regulations and Administrative Law, 

telephone (202) 372–3862. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Coast 

Guard District Commanders and 

Captains of the Port (COTP) must be 

immediately responsive to the safety 

and security needs within their 

jurisdiction; therefore, District 

Commanders and COTPs have been 

delegated the authority to issue certain 

local regulations. Safety zones may be 

established for safety or environmental 

purposes. A safety zone may be 

stationary and described by fixed limits 

or it may be described as a zone around 

a vessel in motion. Security zones limit 

access to prevent injury or damage to 

vessels, ports, or waterfront facilities. 

Special local regulations are issued to 

enhance the safety of participants and 

spectators at regattas and other marine 

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Timely publication of these rules in 

the Federal Register may be precluded 

when a rule responds to an emergency, 

or when an event occurs without 

sufficient advance notice. The affected 

public is, however, often informed of 

these rules through Local Notices to 

Mariners, press releases, and other 

means. Moreover, actual notification is 

provided by Coast Guard patrol vessels 

enforcing the restrictions imposed by 

the rule. Timely publication of 

notifications of enforcement of 

reoccurring regulations may be 

precluded when the event occurs with 

short notice or other agency procedural 

restraints. 

Because Federal Register publication 

was not possible before the end of the 

effective period, mariners would have 

been personally notified of the contents 

of these safety zones, security zones, 

special local regulations, regulated 

navigation areas or drawbridge 

operation regulations by Coast Guard 

officials on-scene prior to any 

enforcement action. However, the Coast 

Guard, by law, must publish in the 

Federal Register notice of substantive 

rules adopted. To meet this obligation 

without imposing undue expense on the 

public, the Coast Guard periodically 

publishes a list of these temporary 

safety zones, security zones, special 

local regulations, regulated navigation 

areas and drawbridge operation 

regulations. Permanent rules are not 

included in this list because they are 

published in their entirety in the 

Federal Register. Temporary rules are 

also published in their entirety if 

sufficient time is available to do so 

before they are placed in effect or 

terminated. In some of our reoccurring 

regulations, we say we will publish a 

notice of enforcement as one of the 

means of notifying the public. We use 

this notification to announce those 

notifications of enforcement that we 

issued and will post them to their 

dockets. 

The following unpublished rules were 

placed in effect temporarily during the 

period between April 2023 and June 

2023. To view copies of these rules, visit 

www.regulations.gov and search by the 

docket number indicated in the 

following table. 

Docket No. Type of regulation Location Enforcement 

date 

USCG–2023–0304 .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) .................. Tampa, FL ....................................................... 4/6/2023 

USCG–2022–0726 .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) .................. Tacoma, WA .................................................... 4/9/2023 

USCG–2023–0228 .................. Special Local Regulations (Part 100) .............. Charleston, SC ................................................ 4/20/2023 

USCG–2023–0003 .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) .................. San Francisco, CA .......................................... 4/22/2023 

USCG–2023–0362 .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) .................. Tarpon Springs, FL .......................................... 4/26/2023 

USCG–2023–0307 .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) .................. Erie, PA ........................................................... 4/27/2023 

USCG–2023–0267 .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) .................. St. Thomas, USVI ............................................ 4/29/2023 

USCG–2023–0405 .................. Security Zones (Part 165) ............................... Philadelphia, PA .............................................. 5/15/2023 

USCG–2023–0433 .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) .................. San Pedro Bay, CA ......................................... 5/18/2023 

USCG–2023–0404 .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) .................. Pittsburgh, PA .................................................. 5/25/2023 

USCG–2023–0414 .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) .................. Lake Charles, LA ............................................. 5/26/2023 

USCG–2023–0439 .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) .................. Lake Ozark, MO .............................................. 6/3/2023 

USCG–2023–0342 .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) .................. Sturgeon Bay, WI ............................................ 6/3/2023 

USCG–2023–0021 .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) .................. Greene County, PA ......................................... 6/8/2023 

USCG–2023–0480 .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) .................. Charleston, SC ................................................ 6/12/2023 

USCG–2023–0505 .................. Security Zones (Part 165) ............................... San Francisco, CA .......................................... 6/13/2023 

USCG–2023–0484 .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) .................. Chicago, IL ...................................................... 6/15/2023 

USCG–2023–0525 .................. Security Zones (Part 165) ............................... San Francisco, CA .......................................... 6/19/2023 

USCG–2023–0537 .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) .................. Santa Barbra Channel, CA .............................. 6/20/2023 

USCG–2023–0422 .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) .................. Clear Creek, TX ............................................... 6/23/2023 

Michael Cunningham, 

Chief, Office of Regulations and 

Administrative Law. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26537 Filed 12–4–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

38 CFR Part 21 

RIN 2900–AR90 

VA Veteran Readiness and 

Employment Program: Removal of 

Regulation Regarding Repayment of 

Training and Rehabilitation Supplies 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) is removing a regulation 

that addresses the circumstances under 

which a Veteran is to repay the value of 

training and rehabilitation supplies and 

the exceptions where repayment is not 

required. A prior version of the 

regulation’s authorizing statute 

contained a provision that permitted VA 

to require the return or repayment of 

books, supplies, or equipment if a 

Veteran failed to complete a course of 

vocational rehabilitation due to fault on 

their part. However, because the 

authorizing statute no longer contains 

that provision, and because there is no 

statutory authority allowing VA to 

require reimbursement of books, 

supplies, or equipment under any 

circumstance where a Veteran fails to 

complete a course of vocational 

rehabilitation, VA is removing the 

governing regulation. 

DATES: This final rule is effective 

December 5, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Loraine Spangler, Policy Analyst, 

Veteran Readiness and Employment 

Service (28), 810 Vermont Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20420; 

Loraine.Spangler@va.gov; (202) 461– 

9600 (this is not a toll-free telephone 

number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this rulemaking is to remove 

38 CFR 21.222 (‘‘Release of, and 

repayment for, training and 

rehabilitation supplies’’) because it is no 

longer supported by statutory authority. 

Section 21.222 sets forth the 

circumstances under which a Veteran is 

to repay the value of training and 

rehabilitation supplies when the 

Veteran fails to complete a 

rehabilitation program as planned. 

Section 21.222 also lists numerous 

exceptions where VA will not require 

reimbursement from the Veteran, 

including when the failure to complete 

the program is not the Veteran’s fault. 

A prior version of the regulation’s 

authorizing statute provided that ‘‘[a]ny 


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